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You didnt barely lose to SF and Minnesota.
Against SF you scored a td with a minute left to cut a 15 point lead down to 8 and against Min you scored a td with 2 minutes left to cut a 14 point lead down to 7. Neither game were you a real threat to win it

You did "barely" beat the Rams though

You do realize the Lions had cut it to a 1 score game with over 9 minutes left, but the defense couldn't get a stop, right? Yes, it would be kind of ridiculous to act like it was really close if they had only cut it to a 1 score game with less than 2 minutes left, but in reality they spent more time in the 4th quarter down by 1 score than 2. I wouldn't say they were a real threat to win, but it was closer than your comment makes it out to be.

Barely losing to me, means that you almost won. Neither game did they almost win. They just lost by 1 score. Using his logic, the 2011 Vikings barely lost in 10 of our 13 games._________________"Friends dont let friends be Packer fans"
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Am I the only one who realizes that the Lions the week Prior gave up 44 points? 27 in week 2? The Lions are currently giving up 28.5 ppg, 5th worst in the league. They are 1 of only 2 teams w/o an INT, they've only created 3 TOs, hell they have only defended 11 passes, only 2 teams are worse. They are allowing 66% of passes to be completed against them and allowing 101.3 QBR. If you honestly believe that Detroit's D isn't a problem, what game are you watching?

21 of those 44 were not scored against the defense.

I think Detroit has a middle of the road defense. With an offense like they had last year they would be 301, even with the historically bad ST play.

How can they be a middle of the road defense? They were a horrific defense last year and they made no improvements this year. They just havent played any great offenses yet

"Horrific" last year?

They gave up less PPG and less YPG than the Giants defense. For most of 2011 they were good, if not VERY good.

People are letting three or four really bad games taint their perception.

You didnt barely lose to SF and Minnesota.
Against SF you scored a td with a minute left to cut a 15 point lead down to 8 and against Min you scored a td with 2 minutes left to cut a 14 point lead down to 7. Neither game were you a real threat to win it

You did "barely" beat the Rams though

You do realize the Lions had cut it to a 1 score game with over 9 minutes left, but the defense couldn't get a stop, right? Yes, it would be kind of ridiculous to act like it was really close if they had only cut it to a 1 score game with less than 2 minutes left, but in reality they spent more time in the 4th quarter down by 1 score than 2. I wouldn't say they were a real threat to win, but it was closer than your comment makes it out to be.

Barely losing to me, means that you almost won. Neither game did they almost win. They just lost by 1 score. Using his logic, the 2011 Vikings barely lost in 10 of our 13 games.

That's perfectly reasonable. I was just pointing out it was unfair to only mention the final score with less than 2 minutes left when they spent most of the 4th quarter down by one score.

Am I the only one who realizes that the Lions the week Prior gave up 44 points? 27 in week 2? The Lions are currently giving up 28.5 ppg, 5th worst in the league. They are 1 of only 2 teams w/o an INT, they've only created 3 TOs, hell they have only defended 11 passes, only 2 teams are worse. They are allowing 66% of passes to be completed against them and allowing 101.3 QBR. If you honestly believe that Detroit's D isn't a problem, what game are you watching?

21 of those 44 were not scored against the defense.

I think Detroit has a middle of the road defense. With an offense like they had last year they would be 301, even with the historically bad ST play.

How can they be a middle of the road defense? They were a horrific defense last year and they made no improvements this year. They just havent played any great offenses yet

"Horrific" last year?

They gave up less PPG and less YPG than the Giants defense. For most of 2011 they were good, if not VERY good.

People are letting three or four really bad games taint their perception.

Am I the only one who realizes that the Lions the week Prior gave up 44 points? 27 in week 2? The Lions are currently giving up 28.5 ppg, 5th worst in the league. They are 1 of only 2 teams w/o an INT, they've only created 3 TOs, hell they have only defended 11 passes, only 2 teams are worse. They are allowing 66% of passes to be completed against them and allowing 101.3 QBR. If you honestly believe that Detroit's D isn't a problem, what game are you watching?

21 of those 44 were not scored against the defense.

I think Detroit has a middle of the road defense. With an offense like they had last year they would be 301, even with the historically bad ST play.

How can they be a middle of the road defense? They were a horrific defense last year and they made no improvements this year. They just havent played any great offenses yet

"Horrific" last year?

They gave up less PPG and less YPG than the Giants defense. For most of 2011 they were good, if not VERY good.

People are letting three or four really bad games taint their perception.

Am I the only one who realizes that the Lions the week Prior gave up 44 points? 27 in week 2? The Lions are currently giving up 28.5 ppg, 5th worst in the league. They are 1 of only 2 teams w/o an INT, they've only created 3 TOs, hell they have only defended 11 passes, only 2 teams are worse. They are allowing 66% of passes to be completed against them and allowing 101.3 QBR. If you honestly believe that Detroit's D isn't a problem, what game are you watching?

21 of those 44 were not scored against the defense.

I think Detroit has a middle of the road defense. With an offense like they had last year they would be 301, even with the historically bad ST play.

How can they be a middle of the road defense? They were a horrific defense last year and they made no improvements this year. They just havent played any great offenses yet

"Horrific" last year?

They gave up less PPG and less YPG than the Giants defense. For most of 2011 they were good, if not VERY good.

People are letting three or four really bad games taint their perception.

I figured Stafford would regress from his ridiculous year but didn't think their defense regress as well. Fairley and Suh don't seem to be having the impact I thought they'd have._________________
^props to packerbacker87^

Every QB, except Brady, Ryan and Ben, has regressed in some way from last year.

Ponder has improved.

Here's a better way to put it, the stupid high passing #s have come back to norm. Passing defense is a machine. Everyone has to be where they are supposed to be for it to work, if one guy is out of position it allows a big play. What we've seen this year is fewer big plays down the field across the board. Its why the run game has had a big resurgence this year. Does anybody think its a coincidence that Bill Belichick fixed his run game this off season? He knew what was coming b/c he saw what was happening in the NFL last year.

Also in the first 3 weeks of the season the Rent-a-Refs were not calling defensive holding and letting DBs hit WRs past 5 yards. Those teams with precision throwing offenses were struggling while teams with great defenses and good running games were doing well.

Every QB, except Brady, Ryan and Ben, has regressed in some way from last year.

Ponder has improved.

Here's a better way to put it, the stupid high passing #s have come back to norm. Passing defense is a machine. Everyone has to be where they are supposed to be for it to work, if one guy is out of position it allows a big play. What we've seen this year is fewer big plays down the field across the board. Its why the run game has had a big resurgence this year. Does anybody think its a coincidence that Bill Belichick fixed his run game this off season? He knew what was coming b/c he saw what was happening in the NFL last year.

Also in the first 3 weeks of the season the Rent-a-Refs were not calling defensive holding and letting DBs hit WRs past 5 yards. Those teams with precision throwing offenses were struggling while teams with great defenses and good running games were doing well.

This is what a lot of people fail to realize. A lot of offense are starting to come to life with real refs. They have to adjust back to the way game is usually called_________________

I dont know about the Saints, but the Lions very special teams have cost us at least 2 amazing chances for wins._________________
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Detroit was steadily improving before the '11 season. They scored some inspiring comeback wins early in Minny and Dallas; their hot offense and good schedule did the rest. I expect them to have a 7-9 or 8-8 season, develop their running game and secondary, and continue to improve next year.

The Saints were rocked by scandal, lost their HC and their D is failing to adapt to the new scheme. They don't understand that brutalizing opponents isn't always the way to go. IMO, that team is getting everything they deserve.

The Lions' problem is quite simply that everyone on the team has performed terribly outside of Suh, Stafford, Levy, Sammy and Calvin. Stafford's numbers seem worse than they should because of drops, scheme and the lack of progression from any of our other receivers. Losing Best certainly hurt a ton as well. I've lost all faith in Pettigrew. Fairley does nothing for me. Our offensive line can't run block. Dom is finished. Peterman is one of the worst starting guards in the NFL. We have no interior push. Or DEs have been terrible. We can't create turnovers. We're starting a project CB as our #2 because of the loss of Wright and Berry. We have no decent safeties.

Factor in that we have some of the worst ST play in the last 10 years, and that should about sum it up. We're a bad team being carried by a few "superstars", and since the end of our fantastic start to last season, it just hasn't been enough to do anything of note whatsoever.